A Big Tech worker got laid off — and wishes she left sooner
Elvi Caperonis launched her own career coaching, content creation, and Airbnb business after being laid off from her Big Tech job in July 2024. Elvi Caperonis had a dream to work in Big Tech — and after five years and over 100 rejections, she reached it by landing a role at a prominent Magnificent 7…
I went from the boardroom to bankruptcy. I had to tell my kids I couldn’t afford to pay for their college.
The author (not pictured) had to file for bankruptcy. My position was eliminated in 2006 from a nine-year career as the Chief Information Officer of a mortgage company I helped start. It had been my dream job. We purchased our dream home the year before — a four-bedroom corner lot in the suburbs. One daughter…
The UK gave Ukraine an improvised air defense system that could help solve one of its most expensive problems
A Ukrainian soldier using an anti-drone machine gun. Image used for illustration purposes only. The UK is sending Ukraine a new mobile air defense system that could help address one of its thorniest — and most expensive — issues. Designed in the UK but part-funded by Denmark, Gravehawk can modify air-to-air missiles to be fired…
Trump vows to reinstate COVID vaccine refusers and orders troops to the border as part of US military overhaul
Trump said he’d sign an executive order to stop “radical political theories and social experiments” on US military service members, referencing his previous comments on a culture war in the Pentagon. President Donald Trump outlined several key US military policies on his first day back in office. Many of his pledges, such as reinstating service…
Skeptical of Russia’s data, some Western officials judge its economy by looking at Moscow from space
Moscow seen from above in a March 2021 photo from the International Space Station. The declining health of Russia’s economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday. Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials are skeptical of how Russia’s official figures describe its economy.…
Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake that tanked the Russian economy, Polish foreign minister says
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin is copying Soviet-era approaches that bankrupted the USSR and that he used to criticize, according to Poland’s foreign minister. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Radoslaw Sikorski said “Putin is repeating the mistakes of Soviet leadership” in regards to his…
Ukraine’s fighter pilots are using Cold War skills the West deemphasized decades ago but may need again, former US pilot says
Ukrainian F-16s are seen in the air in an undisclosed location of Ukraine on August 4. Ukrainian pilots fighting against Russia’s invasion are using flying techniques the West has not really used since the Cold War but might need to revive, a former US F-16 pilot told B-17. Ukraine’s fight has offered the West a…
Boomers face a ‘devastating’ blow to their life savings as more tariff pain looms, finance guru warns
President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect stocks and the economy. Many people could be left disappointed when they open their IRA statements in the coming days — and President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs threaten to make things even worse. The S&P 500 fell 5% in the first three months of 2025, marking its worst…
‘Extremely regrettable’ and ‘totally unwarranted’: World leaders react to Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
World leaders are slamming Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, and some countries like China are vowing retaliation. World leaders are reacting to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, which saw the US imposing a 10% baseline tariff on all countries. “April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day…
